Time Syndrome by autlos

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made by autlos for LD27 (COMPO)
Well, this is my idea for this theme. Jumps are overrated, why every sidescroller implement them?

There is one single level as the game mechanics & time limitations aren't flexible enough to think in more challenging levels.

I made the game using LibGDX, bfxr, TiledMapEditor, Paint.NET and InkScape.

Music by _ghost. Feel free to fork my bitbucket repo.

Of course, I love feedback, so every comment/critic/suggestion is really appreciated.

I can finish the game in 4.23 seconds, and you? :P

Ratings

Coolness 65% 3
Overall 3.06 548
Audio 3.00 286
Fun 3.11 393
Graphics 2.50 789
Humor 2.37 484
Innovation 3.20 384
Mood 2.67 602
Theme 3.17 566

Feedback

Acrimiens
25. Aug 2013 路 22:47 UTC
Nice Game!
Zekyon
26. Aug 2013 路 08:43 UTC
Wow, it was hard. A funny game!
Kevlanche
26. Aug 2013 路 11:12 UTC
Probably my favourite game so far. It took a while, but I beat it! I have two small suggestions to make it even better; 1: Don't restart the music all the time. When you play many times the restarts gets annoying. 2: lock the win screen in place for a few seconds. I beat it many times but though I lost since I was spam clicking and the win screen dissappeared immediately and the game reset (as if I had lost)
馃帳 autlos
26. Aug 2013 路 11:36 UTC
Kevlanche
"Probably my favourite game so far." Oh! You almost made me cry. That's why I love making games.

I feel more or less proud with the result. But you are right, some improvements should be done. I would like to make more and more levels for it now I've got time.

I'm afraid I didn't see your point 2, because you are right. Thanks for the advice :)
Linus Lindberg
26. Aug 2013 路 13:40 UTC
Haha.. that was fun.. and hard....
Gaspard_
26. Aug 2013 路 14:39 UTC
As everyone said Hard&Fun!
xgeovanni
26. Aug 2013 路 15:06 UTC
Reminds me of a level in Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Oana
26. Aug 2013 路 20:17 UTC
Man the game is hard! But I really really like it. It's more like a puzzle game than an action game, figuring out the patterns of the aliens.
Latcarf
27. Aug 2013 路 15:47 UTC
Difficulty is a bit strange, it's quite hard to get to the gun, but then it's very easy.
Also for the compo you're supposed to do the music yourself.
馃帳 autlos
27. Aug 2013 路 16:42 UTC
Hi Latcarf, thank you for you feedback. Yes, you are right, it's easy after you got the gun.

About the music: "Fonts, drum loops, drum samples, and sampled instruments are allowed IF you have the legal right to use them."

And I DO have the legal right to use it.
almightyzentaco
28. Aug 2013 路 10:15 UTC
Doesn't run.
馃帳 autlos
28. Aug 2013 路 10:33 UTC
Hi almightzentaco. Have you got java 7 installed?

So sorry for that, it seems you are not the only one who can't run the game. I'm trying to fix that.
antonijn
28. Aug 2013 路 20:35 UTC
Liked the gameplay a lot in the way, although it took me a while to figure out how to play the game properly. It's a shame there's only one level, but then again, I think the point is to beat your own score, isn't it?
handCraftedRadio
29. Aug 2013 路 14:55 UTC
Nice! I really enjoyed this one! I liked having to play it over and over and memorize the exact timings of all the enemies to make it through. I managed to beat it!
Alexander Ponomariov
29. Aug 2013 路 17:23 UTC
I'd like that! Nice difficult
Linusson
29. Aug 2013 路 17:39 UTC
I missed the space bar feature the first time I played. That made it pretty hard, I must say. :D

Really fun game, I liked the timing stuff and that you could use the slow down feature at different places to get different results. Fun idea and well done! :)
theholychicken
30. Aug 2013 路 04:40 UTC
Great music, and I agree that it's really hard!
Though the aliens did not have to disappear as soon as it touches the edge of the barrels if you just drew the aliens on a lower layer than the barrels.
It was quite fun! Great job!
ShellfishGames
05. Sep 2013 路 12:07 UTC
Nice entry. Admittedly not my kind of game, but I see how some (or a lot of?) people would enjoy the mechanics. :) Also nice tutorial.
AlexFili
14. Sep 2013 路 09:26 UTC
Great music. The actual gameplay is interesting. The AI patrols are a bit annoying but they do have a pattern. The slow motion ability didn't really have a lot of use, but it's definitely nice to have. Good attempt and nice use of the theme.